Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail

GARY — Police are investigating after a 17-year-old boy said he was attacked and shot at while riding his bike late Sunday night in the city's…

HAMMOND — Indiana State Police are searching for two people who reportedly fled their vehicle Monday night after leading police on a high-spee…

CROWN POINT — A trial was rescheduled Tuesday for a 32-year-old Merrillville man charged in the murder of his girlfriend's 21-month-old daughter.

CROWN POINT — A 26-year-old Gary man is accused of robbing another man at gunpoint July 16 outside a Hammond bar. 

CROWN POINT — A 50-year-old man charged with attempted murder is scheduled to appear at jury trial later this month on allegations he shot a n…

CROWN POINT — A criminal court judge approved Wednesday a state's motion seeking DNA evidence from the 17-year-old boy charged with assisting …

GARY — An 87-year-old man who police say was viciously attacked and beaten Sept. 25 has died, police said Wednesday.

An autopsy Saturday revealed an East Chicago woman died due to multiple blunt force injuries after being struck by a vehicle last week, accord…

GARY — The family of an 87-year-old man who died this week after being assaulted in his own neighborhood is trying to raise funds to give him …

HAMMOND — Two people were arrested Monday in connection with a pursuit Oct. 9 that began in Hammond and ended with a crash in Munster where po…

HIGHLAND — Police are urging homeowners to be on high alert after a person threw a brick through a sliding glass door to gain entry into a res…

CALUMET CITY — A man and woman were killed in a shooting Wednesday in Calumet City just west of the Indiana-Illinois border. 

INDIANAPOLIS — A Gary man has been arrested for murder in connection with the shooting deaths of two Gary women whose bodies were discovered i…

GARY — A 26-year-old Gary woman was shot dead in a homicide Thursday night, according to the Lake County Coroner's office. 

CROWN POINT — A criminal court judge sentenced a 27-year-old man to 12 years in prison Tuesday for his role in the death of his fiance's 16-mo…

HAMMOND — An alleged Latin Dragons gang member pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday to allegations he fatally shot a Hammond man Sept. 30.

GRIFFITH — A video store clerk, her boyfriend and another man face charges alleging the clerk falsely reported the store was robbed Sept. 20 a…

After an extensive, hours-long search, officers were able to apprehend a man who fled a traffic stop Thursday along the Indiana Toll Road near…

HAMMOND — New traffic camera technology led police to a suspect connected to multiple home invasions, robberies and one sexual assault in the …

GARY — Lake County Sheriff's police are seeking information regarding the murder of Daniel Ray Valdez, 57, according to a news release from Em…

GARY — Police on Tuesday asked for tips about a shooting last month that seriously wounded an 18-year-old man.

HAMMOND — A 19-year-old is dead and three others wounded after a shooting Tuesday at Douglas Pointe Apartments. 

HIGHLAND — Two people wearing "Scream" masks robbed two employees of the Halloween City store at the Highland Grove shopping mall as the emplo…

GRIFFITH — A 61-year-old Whiting man reportedly punched a co-worker in the head before stabbing him Saturday in the back kitchen at Jedi’s Gar…

HOBART — A 39-year-old man is accused of trying to take a police officer's weapon Tuesday after the officer reportedly caught him trying to st…

An East Chicago man was in custody Tuesday on charges alleging he broke a woman's arm last month while robbing her and her sister of a purse o…

GARY — A woman was robbed of a pair of brand-name shoes Saturday night after arriving in the city with plans to sell them, police said.

An East Chicago man arrested this week on allegations he broke a woman's arm during a purse snatching outside Round the Clock in Highland now …

Police are searching for a man accused of fleeing a traffic stop on Interstate 65 on Wednesday, striking a police squad car, speeding through …

HAMMOND — A 65-year-old man wanted on charges alleging he shot and nearly killed his fiancee's son was arrested Wednesday in South Holland, po…

Police said Thursday they have learned the identity of a man who injured a state trooper during a high-speed, wrong-way chase down Interstate …

HIGHLAND — Police are urging business owners and employees to be on high alert, saying they believe a single individual may be behind a string…

Five people, including three teenagers, were in custody Saturday night after allegedly carjacking a Lyft car driver at gunpoint in Hammond, fl…

GARY — A 47-year-old man was found shot to death Saturday in the city's Dorie Miller Housing Complex, according to the Lake County Coroner's office. 

CROWN POINT — A criminal court judge struggled to find an appropriate sentence for a 26-year-old woman convicted of neglect in her 16-month-ol…

CROWN POINT — A 29-year-old Hammond man has been accused of shooting a woman in the thigh after breaking into her home last week in Hammond.

HAMMOND — Police have released surveillance photos of a suspect who robbed the local Pizza Hut on Tuesday night. 

GARY — Two house raids by Lake County Sheriff's drug task force Wednesday night in the city yielded pot, cocaine and weapons. 

HOBART — He claimed he was a neurosurgeon and a high roller who could have his room at a luxury Las Vegas hotel comped, court records say.

RENSSELAER — The Newton County Sheriff's Department is looking for a 34-year-old man in connection with a high-speed, wrong-way chase down Int…

CROWN POINT — A former registered nurse faces drug-related charges on allegations he stole opioid medication from St. Catherine Hospital.

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — Police are investigating after two men with a shotgun forced entry into a residence Tuesday night in the 6100 block of West…

EAST CHICAGO — A Gary woman is among two people accused of lying to police to cover up an alleged plot to rob her children's father at his Eas…

CROWN POINT — A 24-year-old Gary man charged with attempted murder was released from jail Thursday pending an upcoming plea hearing.

MUNSTER — Police are investigating after a gas station employee was pistol-whipped and tied up in the backroom Thursday night while two men fl…

HAMMOND — A 42-year-old man has been charged in Lake Criminal Court with robbery and attempted kidnapping after he allegedly threatened to kil…

EAST CHICAGO — A 58-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 106 months in prison as part of a major federal investigation into a drug traffick…

CROWN POINT — James Lohnes, who is accused of strangling two women last year at their home in Calumet Township, remains institutionalized whil…

CROWN POINT — The Highland man who caused a police pursuit in February that ended in a 13-year-old Whiting girl's death has pleaded guilty to …

MUNSTER — Charges continue to mount against a 35-year-old Schererville man suspected in almost a dozen robberies of Lake County businesses lea…

GARY — A homeowner reportedly scared off two would-be burglars Nov. 28 and sent one to the hospital with a gunshot wound in his groin area, ac…

GARY — Police have secured felony charges against a 37-year-old man following a 10-month-long investigation into his alleged activities of ste…

The FBI arrested a 30-year-old man from Cudahy, Wisconsin, on Friday who is allegedly responsible for the robbery of an Aldi grocery store in …

CROWN POINT — A man admitted Tuesday he murdered his ex-girlfriend and wounded two others in a shooting Jan. 23 at a Hammond home.

HAMMOND — After viciously attacking two people outside a Hammond bar Saturday with a machete, Ryan Christian Turner reportedly hid the weapon …

HAMMOND — Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect who robbed a KFC restaurant at gunpoint Saturday. 

GARY — A 41-year-old man is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to gun down and rob an old friend in an alleyway Oct. 16, new…

HAMMOND — Police believe the same man could be behind a recent string of fast-food stickups in the area. 

CROWN POINT — Despite efforts to withdraw his guilty plea, Roberto Pettigrew-Sanders was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for his role…

GRIFFITH — Broad Street Gyros' doors will remain closed indefinitely until detectives finish their investigation into how a bag of cocaine wou…

GARY — Hammond officers called off a search overnight Saturday, unable to track an armed robbery suspect with his GPS-equipped ankle bracelet.

CROWN POINT — Lake County Councilman Jamal Washington was tantalizingly close to release from Lake County Jail on Tuesday.

CROWN POINT — Dionysios T. Doukas appeared Tuesday in Lake Criminal Court on several robbery charges, but a bond hearing was rescheduled due t…

CROWN POINT — A new trial is scheduled for the 34-year-old man charged with murder in a shootout last summer in Gary.

EAST CHICAGO — A Gary man was arrested Sunday in Normal, Illinois, in connection with the May 11 shooting death of a 4-year-old child in the c…

LANSING — A 63-year-old man is in custody on allegations he possessed and disseminated child pornography, according to a news release from the…

HAMMOND — They barged into an East Chicago bar to rummage patrons’ pockets at gunpoint, preyed on cash-rich victims at a local casino and even…

CROWN POINT — A man charged with shooting a resident during a Hammond burglary was released from jail Thursday without bond.

CROWN POINT — A criminal court judge granted a bond reduction Thursday for a man who claims he was an unwitting accomplice to a nail salon rob…

CROWN POINT — Jeffrey J. Smar, already accused in four armed robberies in Northwest Indiana, now faces charges in the armed robbery earlier th…

HAMMOND — Police have secured felony charges against a Highland man after a vehicle search turned up a painted toy gun, sunglasses, gloves and…

CROWN POINT — A 50-year-old man accused last month of sexually abusing two children is now facing federal charges of child pornography production. 

HAMMOND — Within 35 minutes of getting the call, police say they tracked down and arrested a 16-year-old suspect believed to be involved in th…

Dec. 15-18

MERRILLVILLE — Police have secured murder charges against a 35-year-old in connection with Tuesday’s double homicide that killed a mother and son.

CROWN POINT — A 38-year-old man is charged in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl.

CROWN POINT — A criminal court judge said Tuesday a man charged in nine robberies would need to post $45,000 in cash to be released from jail,…

CROWN POINT — A man was arrested last week on allegations he attempted to rob a Chinese restaurant in Hammond.

UNION TOWNSHIP — A Hammond man accused of stabbing another man Wednesday in the Shorewood Forest subdivision allegedly fled across county line…

CROWN POINT — Another $5,000 was tacked onto the cash bond for an alleged serial robber after he was charged Wednesday with twice robbing a Su…

CROWN POINT — A 23-year-old Gary man is wanted by police on allegations he sexually assaulted a woman after a dice game at a Gary home.

HAMMOND — A Schererville man was sentenced Thursday to 70 months in prison on one count of soliciting the transportation of a person across st…

CROWN POINT — A man charged with murder in the killing last summer of Cody Klotz is expected to testify at his trial later this month, his def…

CROWN POINT — A written demand and a threat to jump a store's counter netted a man $200 in a robbery, as well as a trip to the jail, according…

HAMMOND — A 25-year-old Highland man accused in several robberies in the Region allegedly admitted to police he robbed his former boss last mo…

CROWN POINT — A man who disappeared while on parole five years ago is wanted by police* on allegations he was operating a drug house in Gary.

Police said they searched into the night Saturday for a suspect in the attempted armed robbery of an Uber driver in Merrillville. 

GARY — A 46-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Saturday in the city's Midtown section, police said.

CROWN POINT — A woman accused of smothering her 1-year-old foster child was granted a new trial date as attorneys continue to review evidence …

MERRILLVILLE — The Uber driver who fired several shots at a passenger during a robbery attempt Saturday night said he no longer plans to work …

GARY — A 20-year-old woman from Rochester, Indiana, was robbed Monday after traveling to the city's Glen Park section to buy an iPhone, police said.

GARY — A 24-year-old man was arrested Monday in connection with a homicide Jan. 5 and a shooting Dec. 20 in the city's Midtown section, police said. 

CROWN POINT — A father was allegedly intoxicated when he crashed his vehicle in August into a school bus, killing his young son, according to …

CROWN POINT — A few angry words at a Gary gas station caused the shooting that killed Jonquell Golida, according to testimony Tuesday at the m…

HAMMOND — Police say they have an 18-year-old in custody in connection with Friday's fatal shooting just north of Morton High School. 

CROWN POINT — A shouting match between the defense and prosecuting attorneys erupted during Wednesday’s bond reduction hearing for David A. Ro…

CROWN POINT — Legal wrangling dominated Wednesday’s pretrial hearing for Marcellus D. Robinson and Tyiana C. Robinson, a brother and sister ch…

A former East Chicago patrolman is facing attempted murder charges for a violent attack Dec. 3 in which he allegedly shot a man six times, tie…

GRIFFITH — A Griffith man is facing felony rape allegations after he allegedly attacked a woman at his apartment Dec. 13.

CROWN POINT — There is a call for an investigation into whether Lake County Councilman Jamal Washington threatened corrections officers during…

EAST CHICAGO — Police are investigating the report of a 28-year-old woman being struck by a BB pellet at about 4 p.m. Wednesday near the inter…

LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS — A Crown Point area man suspected of carrying out a home invasion and assault at a Hebron mobile home park early Th…

A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the police brutality suit of a Hammond man who now is being accused of attempting to tamper with a …

HAMMOND — Police on Friday released new surveillance photos in an effort to identify a suspect in several thefts of large quantities of energy…

CROWN POINT — A man was found guilty at trial Tuesday afternoon of murder and attempted murder for killing one man and wounding another in a G…

Multiple felony charges for drunken driving and a count of resisting police could threaten the elected seat of a Hobart Township board member.

CROWN POINT — A Lake County judge took a Hobart Township board member to task Wednesday for "flippant" public comments about her veterans cour…

HOBART — Police are seeking information about the identity of two people suspected in a theft Tuesday at a retail store.

CROWN POINT — A man charged with shooting a car mechanic and then attempting to kill a witness was granted a bond, a defense attorney said Thursday.

HAMMOND — A 42-year-old Hobart man previously convicted in 1995 and 2004 of child molesting was sentenced Thursday to more than 37 years in pr…

CROWN POINT — A man is accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old female relative.

CROWN POINT — An alleged serial robber is accused in two more robberies and one attempted robbery in Schererville.

CROWN POINT – A sister forgave her brother Friday for the brutal murder of their mother at her Gary home.

CROWN POINT — A man fired from a grocery store in Merrillville for trying to sell marijuana to customers allegedly returned this week to pisto…

A man was arrested on suspicion he caused a two-vehicle crash Friday during a police pursuit in Cedar Lake.

LAKE VILLAGE — A defense attorney for the Lake County Public Defender's Office pleaded not guilty Monday to felony charges of intimidation, ba…

HAMMOND — A doctor practicing in Munster was indicted Monday on allegations he over-prescribed hydrocodone and even had his staff dispense pil…

CROWN POINT — A criminal investigation into alleged wrongdoing by a defense attorney caused a murder trial to be delayed this week.

CROWN POINT — Two men have been charged in connection with an Oct. 18 attempted armed robbery. 

HAMMOND — An alleged Latin Counts street gang member was charged Thursday with murder in connection with the 2015 shooting of a Hammond teen a…

GRIFFITH — Two months after a Broad Street Gyros customer found cocaine in her cheese sticks order, police have secured felony charges against…

GARY — Police are seeking the community's assistance in identifying a man suspected of robbing a Walgreens in Gary early Friday morning.

CROWN POINT — Another woman has come forward alleging she was robbed by Lenard A. Adams, who already faces charges on allegations he raped one…

HAMMOND — A Hammond man has been charged with multiple felonies, including attempted murder, in an incident that occurred Thursday at Scott Mi…

LAKE STATION — A 54-year-old woman charged in Thursday's stabbing at a trailer park allegedly tried to wash off the bloodied butcher knife use…

Editor's note: Police said Tuesday they have identified a suspect and charges are pending.

GRIFFITH — Police on Tuesday released a surveillance image of a man suspected of stealing an assault-style rifle from a local gun shop by conc…

MERRILLVILLE — Police have secured charges against a man accused of burglarizing Gino's Steakhouse, police said Tuesday afternoon. 

EAST CHICAGO — A traffic stop in the city's North Harbor section yielded more than $182,000 worth of marijuana and the arrest of the driver Monday. 

CROWN POINT — Jurors at the murder trial for Andre T. Scott on Wednesday watched surveillance footage that allegedly depicted the defendant an…

CROWN POINT — A man's alleged plot to intimidate a witness in a murder case was revealed through phone calls at the Lake County Jail, accordin…

CROWN POINT — A man pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal recklessness to resolve charges in the fatal shooting of his mother's boyfriend in Gary.

EAST CHICAGO — A 37-year-old man is facing felony charges after he allegedly robbed employees at a Mexican restaurant at gunpoint last month.

GARY — A woman was left severely brain damaged after two men gunned down her and her boyfriend in October 2016 — all because of a dice game, n…

MOROCCO — A Lowell man allegedly fired off several rounds from an upstairs room during a party Jan. 27 at the Invaders Motorcycle Club, fatall…

CROWN POINT — The Lake County Sheriff’s Department has received several reports of a telephone scam in which a person impersonating a sheriff’…

MERRILLVILLE — Indiana State Police are investigating an apparent vehicle shooting on northbound Interstate 65 late Friday.

GARY — People who come across a viral video on social media of an adult male sexually assaulting a child should report it and then immediately…

HAMMOND — A Gary man was sentenced Tuesday on charges he distributed a deadly mix of heroin and fentanyl and violated terms of his supervised …

CROWN POINT — A jury was sent home Tuesday after a murder trial ended in a last-minute plea bargain.

GRIFFITH — A 19-year-old woman from Hammond was transported to the hospital Tuesday evening after a Canadian National train struck her vehicle…

MERRILLVILLE — A 32-year-old Gary man accused of murder at a Motel 6 was formally charged Wednesday in Lake Criminal Court, police said. 

HAMMOND — An East Chicago man and his girlfriend accused of stealing nearly $200 in Red Bull energy drinks from a Speedway gas station were ch…

CROWN POINT — A man murdered Tuesday was allegedly "eviscerated" by a pimp after a money dispute at a Merrillville motel, according to court records.

CHICAGO — A federal indictment unsealed this week charges 34 alleged members of the Latin Kings street gang, including three from Hammond, wit…

CROWN POINT — A man with a decades-long history of sexual violence faces new charges in the sexual assault of a woman in East Chicago, during …

Two men killed overnight in separate shootings in north Lake County have been identified by the Lake County coroner's office.

CROWN POINT — A criminal court judge reduced the bond for a 54-year-old woman charged in January with repeatedly stabbing a neighbor in Lake Station.

HAMMOND — A 30-year-old man is accused of fatally gunning down a Gary man last week after receiving a phone call from the mother of his childr…

GARY —  A wanted Gary man who disappeared five years ago while on parole was caught this week by the LaPorte County Drug Task Force during a r…

CROWN POINT — A woman is on trial this week for murder on allegations she attempted to rob two men during a car sale in Gary, but the robbery …

ST. JOHN — The town will pay a former police dispatcher $150,000 to settle her sexual harassment claim against a once high-ranking police official.

GARY — One man was killed and at least four people were wounded in shootings during the past week, police said.

CROWN POINT — A woman convicted in the killing and dismemberment of a man in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has pleaded not guilty to charges she …

CROWN POINT — A decision was delayed on whether Hobart Township member David Scheeringa, facing multiple operating-while-intoxicated offenses,…

CROWN POINT — An Air National Guardsman cried Wednesday when he remembered shooting the man two years ago who jammed a gun into his stomach du…

CROWN POINT — A 19-year-old man told police he was shot in the chest Friday while attempting to buy a vehicle in Gary, according to court documents.

GRIFFITH — An 18-year-old was charged Wednesday with a felony and faces possible expulsion after bringing a loaded gun to school, according to…

CROWN POINT — Aarion Greenwood was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for kidnapping two teenage brothers murdered in a remote area of Hobart.

CROWN POINT — A woman who murdered her boyfriend in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is scheduled for trial in Lake County on allegations she l…

HOBART — Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a fraud suspect who returned merchandise to a store in the Merrillville Plaza wit…

GRIFFITH — An 18-year-old who allegedly stole more than $450 in Duracell batteries from CVS on Monday made the mistake of returning to the sce…

GARY — One woman was critically injured and taken to a Cook County hospital after a Gary man led a Lake County sheriff's detective on a pursui…

MERRILLVILLE — A suspect was being questioned Thursday night after a Gary man was found fatally wounded Thursday at the Rodeway Inn.

GARY — The husband of a sitting Gary councilwoman was among nine people charged Friday in a 19-count federal indictment alleging drug conspira…

CROWN POINT — A not guilty plea was entered Friday for Carrie L. Demoff, the owner of Broad Street Gyros accused of putting a bag of cocaine i…

SCHERERVILLE — Whoever took a $700 napkin dispenser from a White Castle restaurant apparently had no appetite for the extra attention he may h…

A former Griffith High School student athlete is facing felony charges after filming himself on Snapchat threatening to shoot up his former sc…

CROWN POINT — A jury deliberated for about an hour Friday morning before finding Darianna A. Hamblin guilty of felony murder in the armed robb…

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — Sheriff's detectives arrested a 13-year-old boy at his home shortly after 5 p.m. Friday — just hours after he allegedly pos…

GRIFFITH — An 18-year-old arrested last week after returning to the scene of an alleged theft faces new charges after employees at a drug stor…

CROWN POINT — A 72-year-old man was removed from a New Chicago home earlier this month after he told authorities his son beat and neglected hi…

EAST CHICAGO — Police said Tuesday they're seeking information about two people in a small red pickup truck who towed away a car without its o…

CROWN POINT — A 79-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison for child molestation.

MERRILLVILLE — A 56-year-old man turned himself in to police Tuesday on allegations of felony child molesting, according to authorities. 

CROWN POINT — A 17-year-old girl was charged with murder on allegations she participated in the fatal robbery in 2016 of a 43-year-old man in …

HAMMOND — A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses more alleged members of a Chicago street gang of racketeering conspiracy and two murde…

MUNSTER — Police warned seniors to be cautious after three incidents in which men with a similar down-on-their-luck story asked for money and …

CROWN POINT — Police clarified Wednesday that only one student was involved in a Feb. 19 threat to blow up a school.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis Catholic priest faces charges for allegedly attacking his wife and holding her against her will.

HAMMOND — The U.S. Attorney's office could seek the death penalty against an accused Gary gang leader who has been identified as the husband o…